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UN peacekeepers close base in preparation to leave DR Congo

Posted onApril 26, 2024April 26, 2024

The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which has helped in the fight against rebels for more than two decades, has closed one of its key bases as it prepares to leave the Central Read More …

UN reports tense situation in eastern DR Congo after rebel attacks, deadly blast

Posted onJanuary 28, 2023

Attacks by the M23 Movement rebels and an explosion wounding 18 civilians leave a tense situation in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a UN spokesman said on Thursday. One clash was in the southeast of Kitchanga, in Read More …

At Least 32 Peacekeeping, Associated Personnel Killed in Malicious Attacks during 2022, United Nations Staff Union President Says

Posted onJanuary 20, 2023January 24, 2023

At least 32 United Nations peacekeeping personnel — 28 military and four police, including one woman police officer — were killed in deliberate attacks in 2022, the United Nations Staff Union said today. For the ninth year in a row, Read More …

DR Congo: MONUSCO holds training for police officers in Beni on handling IEDs

Posted onJanuary 5, 2023January 16, 2023

The threat is real.” Police officials in Beni acknowledge that the city is still under threat from improvised explosive devices. In 2021, on the evening of the Christmas celebration, a device exploded in a pub in the city of Beni, Read More …

DR Congo: 13 Killed in Rebel Attack in Beni Region

Posted onOctober 3, 2022October 4, 2022

Suspected members of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) attacked the town of Beu-Manyama in the Beni region on Sunday night, residents said. “Three soldiers were killed in the ADF incursion and two others wounded,” local leader Charles Endukadi told AFP, Read More …

At least 15 killed as anti-UN protests spread in eastern DR Congo

Posted onJuly 26, 2022July 27, 2022

At least 15 people have been killed on the second day of anti-United Nations protests in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s turbulent northeastern region, in attacks UN chief Antonio Guterres said could constitute a ‘war crime’. Protests erupted on Read More …

UN experts warn of IED proliferation in DR Congo

Posted onJune 15, 2021June 17, 2021

A group of UN experts overseeing sanctions in the Democratic Republic of Congo has warned of a proliferation of homemade bombs in the country’s northeast, in an annual report seen by AFP Tuesday. In suggestions to the Security Council, the Read More …

Kenya Deploys KDF Troops to DR Congo for Peacekeeping Mission

Posted onApril 26, 2021April 27, 2021

Kenya is set to deploy Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in a mission to enhance peace and stability. According to an agreement between President Uhuru Kenyatta and his DRC counterpart Felix Tshisekedi, the troops Read More …